The three of them slowly but surely made their way through the night. Normally walking from Soubi's house to Ritsuka's house only took about fifteen minutes but because of how gentle Soubi was being with Ritsuka it took a little over a half an hour. When they reached Soubi's apartment, Kio dug into Soubi's pocket and pulled out the key that would open up the door. The entire apartment was black. Kio went in first to check it all out. He came back out just a minute later, "They are gone. Their stuff is gone too and the keys have been left on the kitchen table. They left in a hurry, it looks like they grabbed their duffle bags and just shoved everything in there."
"Damn." Soubi swore, "Nothing I can do about that at the moment though let's get him in here and clean up both him and his bedding. Let's see if we can get those blood stains out." he settled the young man on the couch and they set to work again, gently taking off the jacket and just cutting the ruined shirt off of him so that they wouldn't have to disturb those wounds. They gently unbuttoned his pants and very gently tugged those off quickly replacing them with some shorts, so that if he did wake up he wouldn't think he was being attacked again. They collected the bedding and threw that into the washer along with some stain remover and soap. He quickly rifled through the pants and his jacket making sure that nothing would get ruined if he threw those in as well. Returning to the living room they once again picked him up and laid him down onto Soubi's bed and covered him up with the comforter.
Soubi and Kio took turns sitting at Ritsuka's side. One would sit there while the other slept making sure that the young man could not accidentally injure himself in his sleep. After nearly two days of taking turns, the younger mans eyes blinked open and he groggily sat up wincing in pain as he did so. Ritsuka looked down at his arms and groaned inwardly. 'oh hell, he thought as he saw Soubi asleep in a chair with his head resting in his arms laying partially on the mattress, he knows I tried killing myself. He's probably even the one who stitched me up, saving my life.' A fresh wave of guilt and despair washed over him, he let out a heartfelt sigh.
Soubi blinked his eyes when he heard something that sounded like a sigh escape from his young love. He looked up and noticed that not only was he awake but he was sitting up. Overwhelmed with joy he leaned over and gently kissed Ritsuka on the lips, not taking it any further than just the light brush of lips. "You are probably very thirsty and very hungry I'll be right back with some food and some water." He smiled at the younger man.
Ritsuka blushed furiously when Soubi kissed him, turning the brightest red he has ever been in his entire life. "What the hell was with that kiss?" he murmured to himself, "He's never shown that kind of tenderness in his kisses ever."
"He'll never tell you, you know. He's scared to. He thinks he was the cause of you being raped, and don't deny it because we both know that you are a terrible liar. He won't touch you because what he fears the most right now, is you freaking out the moment you two start getting intimate together." He spoke softly to the young man, making sure that he kept his voice low enough so that Soubi wouldn't hear him and throw him out for meddling.
Ritsuka was shocked, "Intimate? I wasn't even sure he really liked me. Why would we get intimate?"
"Ritsuka… You can't be really that thick headed, can you? Everything you do drives that man absolutely crazy. I don't want to scare you at all but every time he thinks of you all he can think about is how bad he wants you. He wants you to be the one who makes the first move, when you do that he'll know you're ready."
"Ready for what?" Ritsuka asked shyly.
"Ready for him. Ready for all he wants to offer you. Just ready." He smiled at the young man, "Don't mention to him that we had this chat. Okay?"
"Kio? What are you doing in here?" Soubi asked not having heard any of the conversation.
"Hmm? Oh just making sure that our young friend here is okay. He was out of it for two days after all." He patted Soubi on the shoulder as he walked out of the room.
"Hmmm... If you say so." he eyed the other man suspiciously as he watched him walk out of the room. Turning back to Ritsuka, he smiled and set down a very delicious looking omelet and some toast. "Eat Ritsuka; eating will help you regain some energy."
Ritsuka bowed his head so Soubi couldn't see, "You knew I was raped, and that I had been lying to you." he looked back up, he eyes showing all the pain and hurt. "I'm sorry Soubi. I'm so sorry. I really wasn't- I mean- oh hell. I didn't mean to give you a heart attack."
"I know." Soubi said softly.
Ritsuka began to nibble on the omelet that Soubi had handed him, he really wasn't that hungry though. He was lost in thought more than anything. 'Why had Kio chosen to tell him all of that now?' Ritsuka wondered. He felt so ashamed by his actions; the lying, the attempted suicide, he had made himself physically sick to his stomach and unable to eat. He continued to push around the food on his plate, wondering what his next step should be and how best to approach the situation between himself and Soubi. The young man sank down into Soubi's bed just a little, feeling more than just a little depressed, and feeling extremely overwhelmed by all of the information that Kio had just shared with him.
Soubi, noticing how uncomfortable his presence seemed to be making the younger man he walked out of the room leaving Ritsuka to his own devices for a little while.
As soon as he was out of the room, Ritsuka got out of Soubi's bed and began to stretch. It certainly felt like he had been passed out for two days, he thought to himself. as he was stretching, he suddenly remembered something that Yuiko had once told him, "She said that when she was really down or confused about something she would put on some dance music, something with a really good beat." he murmured to himself. 'It couldn't hurt to try out Yuiko's theory could it?' he thought to himself and looked around. His gaze finally settled on his ipod, that he had left here the last time he came over and spent time at Soubi's house. He put his headphones on and found a song with a really good beat to it. Feeling awkward he muttered to himself, "Here goes nothing..." he slowly began to dance to the beat not really putting any effort into it at first. The more time that passed by, however, the less awkward he felt about dancing in the middle of Soubi's bedroom, and the more effort he put into his moves. Eventually he had gotten so lost in the music that he hadn't even noticed when Soubi had opened the door back up.
When Soubi had opened up the door, he was a little shocked to see his young love put his whole heart into the dance moves. A small chuckle escaped his lips though when Ritsuka began to lip the words to the song he was listening to.
Kio, curious at what still had Soubi standing at the door of his own bedroom he walked up behind Soubi and watched the young man as well. 'Well now... that's interesting.' he smiled as he glanced from Ritsuka back to Soubi, who was watching every movement with rapt attention. He was about to push Soubi into going to join the young man, when whatever song Ritsuka was listening to ended and he pulled out the headphones; turning off his ipod and setting it down. He watched as the younger man jumped when he turned around, swallowing down a small scream he said," Just how long have you guys been standing there?"
"For a while," he smiled at the very hot and sweaty mess that was Ritsuka, "long enough to see just how limber you are."
Kio laughed at that, but Soubi was right, the boy was limber and damn he had some moves. He had to wonder though what had driven the young man to begin dancing like that. Ritsuka didn't look like anything had changed after his small workout, he didn't look any happier, any less confused. he did look as if he had come up with a plan for something though.
Trying not to be embarrassed that he had been caught dancing in Soubi's bedroom he rubbed the back of his head a little and said with a straight face, "I was trying to clear my head. Did you guys want to join in?"
